Barrel-setting-up machine



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Patented Nov. 27, 1923.

UNITED STATES mine Rosanna. iw ciinnnx'or EAST PALATKA, FLORIDA.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, ROBERT J. MGCLENNY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at.

of machines inwhich the staves are laid out in a. former so that the same, can be brought into general circular form and bent into proper shape to receive the hoops.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character, comprising formers wherein the staves for the formation of a barrel, or the like, can be readily and easily placed in position and acted upon for the bending into proper shape corresponding to their shape in the completed barrel, the formers for the reception of the staves being located at proper distances apart and supported in a novel manner, while the bending mechanism for action upon the staves being controlled without the least excessive exertion on the part of the operator of the machine.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character, wherein the hoops for the barrel can be passed into the machine and held for convenient access, to permit the application thereof about the staves, after the same have been arranged into general circular formation for the making of a barrel.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character, wherein the parts thereof are ofnovel form and grouped in a novel manner so as to permit the making of a barrel expeditiously and by the operation of but one person.- I

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character, which is comparatively simple in construc-' tion, thoroughly reliable, efficient in its purposeystrong and durable and inexpensive to niai'iufacture and install. Q

lVith'these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination" and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointedout in the claims hereunto appended.

ig r 1 s a P n. View otthe ma h ne BARREL-SETTING-UP MACHINE.

Application filed. March 14,1922. Serial No. 543,551.

constructed in accordance with the invention, showing staves disposed therein and in position prior to the shaping thereof, 7

Figure 2is, a verticallongitudinal sectional view on the line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is an end elevation, looking towards the receiving end of the machine,

Figure 1 is a View similar to Figure 1, showing the barrel completed and the hoops applied, l

Figure 5 is a detail elevation of the ex,-

panding and contracting element of the machine, the same being preferably termed the clamping mechanism, and the supporting brackets therefor being partly in section,

Figure 6 is an elevation, partly in section, of the clamping mechanism looking towards the rear thereof.

Figure 7 is a view similar to Figure 3, looking towards the opposite end of the machine,

Referring to the accompanying drawings in detail, which drawings constitute by way of example the embodiment of the invention, A designates generally the main frame of the machine, which inthis instance is horizontally snpportedand preferably substantially U-shaped, whel'e by one end thereof is open and its opposite end closed through the medium of spaced parallel or transverse cross-sills 10 united in any suitablemanner to the longitudinal side sills 11 of said frame. The frame A is elevated above the foundation or floorand supported by means of legs 12, although the same may be other- Wise supported, and these legs are fastened to the side sills in any'suitable mannerand are held rigid by crossrungs or braces 13;

Mounted upon the side sills 11 equi-distantly apart, are opposed brackets 141 to which are securely fastened circularly shaped comiloined stave retainers and barrel body formers 15, each being identical with the other and preferably split at the upper, most points thereof with the split ends spaced apart to provide a gap thei'ebetween for a purpose presently to be described.

Arranged at the closed end of the frame A is an abutment ring 16- which is'held in a true perpendicular position by hangers 17 secured in any suitable manner to the side Sills 11 of frame A and against this ring16 are adapted to abut the innermost endsof the barrel staves 18 when placed within, the formers 15, the staves being preferably introduced either through the open end of the frame or through the gaps at the split ends of the formers 15 and are disposed in circular form therein for a purpose presently to be described.

Located Within the intermediate former 15 is the clamp mechanism for the staves 18, which comprises a centrally perforated, perpendicularly disposed disc 19, fixedly mounted uponrearwardly extending supporting arms 20, fastened tothe cross sills 10 of the frame A in any suitable manner, while concentrically disposed about tl e periphery ofthe disc'l9 is a series of arcuate shaped clamping aws 21 arranged with respect to each other in a true circle, and carried upon sliding stems 22, mou-nted'for movementradially upon one side of the disc 19 in guide loops 23, the inner ends of the stems'22 being fitted with hearing rollers 2ijournaled therein in any suitable manner;

Adapted-to travel: centrally through the centerhole'or opening 25 in the disc 19 is an expander cone 26, preferably formed integrally on the free forward. end of a plunger rod 27, although the expander cone 26 canbe a separate part, and mounted thereon in any desirable manner; The plunger isadapted to work longitudinally and centrally through the machine in guide bearings 28 carried onthe cross-sills 10 at the closed end of the frame A.

Hinged 'to the closed end ofthe frame A, is an operating lever 29, which is pivotally connected in the bifurcated rear end30 of the plunger .rod 27 and this lever 29 has loosely connected'thereto, an actuator rod 31, which extends longitudinally 'of the machine above one of the side sills '11 and terminates at the open end of said frame in a handle 32, for the manual manipulation of the plunger rod 2'7 to advance and retract the same. On the advancement of the plunger rod 27, the expander cone 26 acts upon the sliding stems 22 of the-clamping jaws 21 to move the same. outwardly in the intci mediate former 15 for the gripping and clamping of the staves 18 therein as will be clearly apparent from Figure 2 of the drawing. Connected to opposed clampingjaws 21 are coiled retractile springs 33, which act upon the'said jaws 21 to contract the clamping mechanism when the expander cone 26 is retracted to release the s-taves after the shapingtlrereof in the formation of the barrel B, as shown inFigure 4: ofthe drawlng.

Mounted upon a pair of the legs 12, be neath the'frame A are bearings 34: in which is jo-urn'aled a windlass-shaft'35 to which are adapted to be connected, cables 36', each being looped as at37 to embrace the staves 13 at the opposite ends of the barrel as is shown in Figures l, 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings, while'the other'endsof these cables 36 are loop 37 taut about the stave ends to bend the same for the proper shaping to receive the hoops iO,theinnermost one of the latter being initially passed into the machine at the closed end of the frame A. These hoops 40, when cncirc] 1g the stares previously brought into general circular form and bent into proper shape are then tightened in place for the completion of thebarrcl structure.

0n shaft is a'ratchet wheel ll with which'engages a pawl or dog 42 pivoted to a leg 12, adjacent thereto, and this pawl is manually operated to release the ratchet wheel 41." When the pawl engages the ratchet wheel 41, it will lock the shaft 35 against rotation in one direction but permit it to turn in the other direction for the drawing of the loops 37 about the barrel staves 18 in the formation of the barrel.

Itwill be apparent that'the abutment ring 16- at its open center is of sufficient size, to permit the hoop 4L0 to engage the inner end of the barrel, to pass therethrough and be readily accessible for the placing of the same about the inner ends of the staves after the bendingthereof in the formation of the barrel.

Then it is desired to release loop 37 of cable 36, afterthe bendingof barrel staves 18, the dog or pawl 42 is manually released and the. shaft 35 turns in a direction to slacken the cables 36, whereupon the loose loops 37 can be freely disengaged from the formed barrel and the latter extracted or removed through the open end of the frame A of the machine.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the constructionand manner of operation ofthe barrel making machine will be clearly understood, and, therefore, a more extended explanation hasheen omitted. Howeverthe accompanying drawings exemplify the preferred embodiment of the machine, yet, it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications as come properly within the scope'of the appended claims may be made in the construction'without'departing from the spirit of the invention 01' sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed, isz

l. A barrel setting-up machine comprising a U-shaped frame having the rear end thereof provided with transverse sillmemhers, oppositely disposed aligning sets ofinwardly extending spaced brackets,- each i set secured to the sidebars of the frame at the top thereof, a vertically disposed circular combined stave retainer and barrel body former secured to each pair of aligning brackets, a plurality of supporting. a r'ms said disk to shift saidelements to clamping.

position, means connected with said rod and operated from the front of the frame for shifting the rod to and from operative position, a winding shaft supported from one side of said frame, and a pair of spaced flexible members adapted to be looped around the end portions of the assembled staves and anchored at one end to the side of the frame opposed to the winding shaftsupporting side, said flexible members being windable on said shaft for bending the staves at the end portions thereof.

2. A barrel setting-up machine comprising a U-shaped frame having the rear end thereof provided with transverse sill members, oppositely disposed aligning sets of inwardly extending spaced brackets, each set secured to the side bars of the frame at the top thereof, a vertically disposed circular combined stave retainer and barrel body former secured to each pair of aligning brackets, a plurality of supporting arms fixed to said sill members and extending to wards the front end of the frame, a vertically disposed apertured disk fixed to the front ends of said arms and arranged within an intermediate former, spring controlled radially shiftable stave clamping elements slidably connected to said disk and cooperating with said intermediate former, a

plunger rod slidably supported by said sill members, extending towards the front of the frame and having a conoidal-sha-ped front end operating through the aperture of said disk to shift said elements to clamping posi tion, means connected with said rod and operated from the front of the frame for shifting the rod to and fromoperative posi tion, a winding shaft supported from one side of said frame, a pair of spaced flexible members adapted to be looped around the end portions of the assembled staves and anchored at one end to the side of the frame opposed to the winding shaft-supporting side, said flexible members being windable on said shaft for bending the staves at the end portions thereof, a vertically disposed annulus arranged within the frame and positioned in proximity to said sill members and constituting an abutment for the rear ends of the staves, and means extending inwardly from the sides of the frame for suspending said annulus.

March 11, 1922. v y In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature hereto.

ROBERT J. MoCLENN Y. 

